Latest New York Headlines
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Kirchhofer Named VP of Fidelis Group Holdings’ Marine Division in New York
Aug 8 2016 // Fidelis Group Holdings LLC (FGH), a maritime insurance provider headquartered in Louisiana, together with its subsidiary, Continental Underwriters Ltd., has hired John Kirchhofer as vice president of its marine...
Business Moves
Aug 8 2016 // World Insurance Associates, AIV Group World Insurance Associates, an independent insurance agency based in Tinton Falls, N.J., has acquired AIV Group, an insurance agency serving the Asian community. AIV Group, in...
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Aug 8 2016 // Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has appointed Michael Pieciak as the commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation (DFR), replacing Susan Donegan. Pieciak was previously deputy commissioner of DFR’s securities...
New York’s Boxing, Martial Arts Rules Include Insurance Limits
Aug 8 2016 // New York will require $1 million coverage for life-threatening brain injuries and other new health insurance for both professional boxers and its first group of licensed mixed martial artists under regulations slated to...
New York Workers’ Compensation Loss Costs Going Up 9.3%
Aug 8 2016 // New York has approved a 9.3 percent average hike in workers’ compensation loss costs effective Oct. 1. New York businesses, while not pleased, see the hike as necessary in order to keep the insurance market stable...
New York Regulator Has ‘Significant Concerns’ About Anthem-Cigna Merger
Aug 4 2016 // New York’s insurance regulator has “significant concerns” about Anthem Inc.’s proposed $48 billion acquisition of rival health insurer Cigna Corp. and will hold a hearing to address them before...
New York City Pays $2.7M in Autistic Teen’s Death
Aug 2 2016 // New York City has agreed to pay $2.7 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of a 14-year-old autistic boy who was found dead after leaving his school in Queens. The Daily News reported the...
New York AG Charges Engineering Firm with Doctoring Sandy Claims Reports
Aug 2 2016 // New York authorities charged a Long Island engineering firm and one of its former executives with forging damage reports for homes swamped by Hurricane Sandy, altering the documents in such a way that owners’ flood...
Judge Denies Uber Bid to Enforce Arbitration in Consumer Suit
Aug 1 2016 // Uber Technologies Inc. can’t require a Connecticut customer accusing the company of price-fixing to resolve the fight in arbitration, a federal judge ruled in one of several cases challenging the ride-hailing...
New York, Zipcar Agree on Damage Fees
Jul 29 2016 // New York’s attorney general has reached a settlement with Zipcar Inc. over vehicle damage fees charged to 5,000 members from 2011 through 2015. New York law requires giving consumers an opportunity to dispute damage...
U.S., China Insurance Regulators Keep Open Dialogue
Jul 29 2016 // Regulatory representatives from the U.S. and China met this week to discuss issues facing their respective insurance markets. The meeting was held at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) New York...
2 State AGs Refuse House Republicans’ Subpoenas Over Climate Change
Jul 28 2016 // The New York and Massachusetts attorneys general are refusing to comply with congressional subpoenas seeking records about their investigations into whether Exxon Mobil misled investors about man-made climate change. In an...
Meeting of 2 Minds on Worker Safety as Path to Profit
Jul 28 2016 // Adam Friedlander is a third generation insurance professional who has made his mark in safety, workplace safety that is. His New York agency, Friedlander Group, has for years developed and managed employer safety groups...
New York Targets Dry Cleaning Industry in Probe
Jul 26 2016 // New York state is launching an investigation into the working conditions of employees in the dry cleaning industry. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the effort will include the study of chemicals commonly used by dry cleaners that...
Western New York Man Hit by Police Cruiser Sues for $7 Million
Jul 26 2016 // A western New York man struck by a Rochester police cruiser earlier this year has filed a $7 million lawsuit against the department. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported that 24-year-old Brian Norford claims in...
Judge Hits Uber’s Background Check on Passenger Bringing Price-Fixing Suit
Jul 26 2016 // A federal judge on Monday banned Uber Technologies Inc. and its Chief Executive Travis Kalanick from using information from a background check on a passenger bringing a price-fixing lawsuit, saying the investigative firm...
Business Moves
Jul 25 2016 // Risk Strategies Company, McLaughlin Brunson Insurance Agency National insurance brokerage and risk management firm Risk Strategies Co. has acquired Dallas-based McLaughlin Brunson Insurance Agency. McLaughlin Brunson...
OSHA, State Probe New York’s Latest Crane Collapse
Jul 24 2016 // State and federal officials are investigating what caused a huge construction crane to collapse across the Tappan Zee Bridge north of New York City, an accident that somehow caused no serious injuries but added to a list...
Miraculously, No One Seriously Hurt in Crane Collapse onto Tappan Zee Bridge at Noon
Jul 21 2016 // Most of the lanes of the Tappan Zee Bridge north of New York City have reopened after a crane collapsed across the entire width of the bridge on Tuesday, but transportation officials were still advising motorists to plan...
New York Seeks $1 Million Insurance Limits for Boxing, Legalized Mixed Martial Arts
Jul 21 2016 // New York will require $1 million coverage for life-threatening brain injuries and other new health insurance for both professional boxers and its first group of licensed mixed martial artists under regulations slated to...
